There are more futures prop firms operating right now than at any point in the industry’s history. Most of them are fine. A few are genuinely good. The ones in the table below kept coming up repeatedly across trader communities, Trustpilot reviews, and payout discussions on Reddit and Discord over the past several months. Not the flashiest marketing. Just the firms where funded traders consistently report being treated fairly and getting paid on schedule.
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Top Futures Prop Firms Ranked (2026)
The table below compares account sizes, trading platforms, profit splits, drawdown types, and challenge structures across the top-rated futures prop firms. Use it as a starting point, then read the individual reviews before committing to a challenge.
TradeDay
TradeDay was established in 2023 by James Thorpe, Tera Vicker and Steve Miley, and its headquarters are in the United States. TradeDay offers 3 funded account sizes, ranging from $50,000 to $150,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded. The available trading platforms are NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView and Jigsaw. Traders can withdraw 80%-95% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 6 accounts at the same time and do not have to pay activation fees to move from the evaluation phase to a funded account.
Visit tradeday.com and use code PFA for 30% off any TradeDay trading challenge. You can choose between end-of-day, intraday, and static drawdown methods. No activation fee.
DayTraders
DayTraders was established in 2023 by Leo Riot and its headquarters are in the United States. DayTraders offers 5 funded account sizes, ranging from $25,000 to $300,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded with a funded futures account, or use the Staight to Funded. The available trading platform is ONYX. Traders can withdraw 100% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 15 accounts at the same time and have to pay an activation fee of $130 to move from the evaluation phase (trail, EOD and static) to a funded account.
Visit daytraders.com and get 80% off any DayTraders trading challenge. You can choose between intraday, EOD and static drawdown methods. The activation fee for funded accounts is due once the challenge is completed.
Earn2Trade
Earn2Trade was established in 2016 by Ryan Masten, and its headquarters are in the United States. Earn2Trade offers 5 funded account sizes, ranging from $25,000 to $200,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded. The available trading platforms include Tradovate, R|Trader, NinjaTrader, Finamark, and more. Traders can withdraw 80% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 3 accounts at the same time. An activation fee of $139 gets deducted from the balance of the first withdrawal from your funded account.
Visit earn2trade.com and use code DISCOUNT for 60% off any Earn2Trade trading challenge. The drawdown method is end-of-day throughout the challenge and sim-funded stages, switching to intraday only on the real-money funded account. The activation fee gets deducted from the balance of the first withdrawal from your funded account.
FundedNext Futures
FundedNext was established in 2022 by Abdulah Jayed and its headquarters are in the United Arab Emirates. FundedNext offers 3 funded account sizes, ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded with a funded futures account. The available trading platforms are Tradovate, NinjaTrader, and TradingView. Traders can withdraw 60%-95% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 5 accounts at the same time and and do not have to pay activation fees to move from the evaluation phase to a funded account.
Visit fundednext.com and use code APP for 5% off any FundedNext challenge. The drawdown method is end-of-day throughout the challenge and funded stages. No activation fee.
TopStep
Topstep was established in 2010 by Michael Patak, and its headquarters are in the United States. Topstep offers 3 funded account sizes, ranging from $50,000 to $150,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded. The available trading platform is TopstepX. Traders can withdraw 50%-90% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 5 Express Funded accounts at the same time and have to pay an activation fee of $0-$129 to move from the evaluation phase to a funded account.
The drawdown method is end-of-day throughout the challenge and funded stages. The activation fee for Standard accounts is due once the challenge is completed.
My Funded Futures
My Funded Futures was established in 2023 by Matthew Leech. Its headquarters are in the United States. My Funded Futures offers 3 funded account sizes, ranging from $50,000 to $150,000. Traders must successfully complete a one-step prop firm challenge to get funded. The available trading platform is NinjaTrader. Traders can withdraw 90%- 100% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 10 accounts at the same time and do not have to pay activation fees to move from the evaluation phase to a funded account.
The drawdown method is end-of-day across all challenges. In funded accounts, lower-priced challenges switch to intraday, while higher-priced challenges keep the end-of-day calculation.
Take Profit Trader
Take Profit Trader was established in 2021 by James Sixsmith, and its headquarters are in the United States. Take Profit Trader offers 5 funded account sizes, ranging from $25,000 to $150,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded. The available trading platform is NinjaTrader. Traders can withdraw 80%-90% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 5 accounts at the same time and have to pay an activation fee of $130 to move from the evaluation phase to a funded account.
The drawdown method is end-of-day throughout the challenge, but switches to intraday once funded, which is the stricter of the two and makes it harder to stay funded long-term. The activation fee for funded accounts is due once the challenge is completed.
Apex Trader Funding
Apex Trader Funding was established in 2021 by Darrell Martin, and its headquarters are in the United States. Apex Trader Funding offers 7 funded account sizes, ranging from $25,000 to $300,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded. The available trading platforms are NinjaTrader and Tradovate. Traders can withdraw 90%-100% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 20 accounts at the same time and have to pay an activation fee of $85-$105 per month once moved from the evaluation phase to a funded account.
The drawdown method is intraday throughout the challenge and funded stages (no EOD and static). The activation fee for funded accounts is due once the challenge is completed.
UProfit
UProfit was established in 2019 by Lindsey Duff, and its headquarters are in the United States. UProfit offers 4 funded account sizes, ranging from $9,000 to $200,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded. The available trading platforms include NinjaTrader and R|Trader. Traders can withdraw 80% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 20 accounts at the same time and have to pay an activation fee of $150 to move from the evaluation phase to a funded account.
The drawdown method is end-of-day throughout the challenge and funded stages. The activation fee for funded accounts is due once the challenge is completed.
Elite Trader Funding
Elite Trader Funding was established in 2022 by Clint Chaney, Kanwal Singh and Eric, and its headquarters are in the United States. Elite Trader Funding offers 5 funded account sizes, ranging from $50,000 to $300,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded. The available trading platforms include NinjaTrader and TradingView. Traders can withdraw 90%-100% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 5 accounts at the same time and have to pay an activation fee of $47-$80 per month once moved from the evaluation phase to a funded account.
Traders can choose between end-of-day, intraday, and static drawdown methods. The activation fee for funded accounts can be paid as a one-time upfront fee, or as a lower monthly fee once funded.
OneUp Trader
OneUP Trader was established in 2016. The founder is not disclosed on their website. The company has its headquarters in the United States. OneUP Trader offers 5 funded account sizes, ranging from $25,000 to $250,000. Traders have to successfully go through a 1-step prop firm challenge in order to get funded. The available trading platform is NinjaTrader. Traders can withdraw 90%-100% of the profits made in a funded account, trade up to 3 accounts at the same time and have to pay an activation fee of $65-$75 per month once moved from the evaluation phase to a funded account.
The drawdown method is intraday throughout the challenge and funded stages (no EOD and static). The activation fee for funded accounts is due monthly.
What Are Futures Prop Firms?
Futures prop firms fund traders to trade futures contracts after passing an evaluation. You pay a monthly challenge fee, hit a profit target while staying within the drawdown rules, and if you pass, the firm gives you a funded account to trade with their capital. Profits get split between you and the firm, typically somewhere between 80% and 100% going to the trader depending on the firm and account tier.
That’s the basic structure. What makes futures-specific firms different from the broader prop firm universe is worth understanding before you pick one.
Why Futures, Not Forex
This comes up a lot and the answer is actually pretty straightforward once you see it.
Forex doesn’t have a central exchange. Every broker sources liquidity differently, which means the EUR/USD you’re trading on one platform isn’t executing at the same price as the EUR/USD on another. Spreads vary. Execution quality varies. In an environment where a firm controls the platform and the liquidity, there’s a lot of room for things to go wrong in ways that are hard to detect.
Futures are different. The ES, NQ, CL, etc. Every contract trades on one exchange, the CME. One price. One order book. When you execute a trade on a futures prop firm account, you’re getting the same fill quality you’d get trading your own capital through any other futures broker. That transparency matters, especially when you’re trying to figure out whether a losing trade was your fault or the platform’s.
There’s also a harder pattern worth noting: the prop firms that have collapsed or exit-scammed over the past few years have almost exclusively been forex operations. Futures firms aren’t immune to business problems, but the regulatory environment and the nature of exchange-traded instruments creates a meaningfully different risk profile.
The Drawdown Type You Choose Matters More Than You Think
Most traders focus on profit targets and profit splits when evaluating a firm. The drawdown type is what actually determines whether your normal trading strategy survives the evaluation.
Three main types exist across the industry right now.
End-of-day (EOD) drawdown moves against your account balance at the close of each session. If you’re up $500 on the day and close flat, your drawdown level stays where it was. If you close up $500, your drawdown level moves up by $500. This is the most trader-friendly structure because intraday volatility doesn’t count against you, only where you end up matters.
Intraday trailing drawdown follows your account’s highest point in real time. If you hit a new high at 10:15am and then pull back before noon, the drawdown level has already moved against you. Traders who let winners run and accept normal intraday fluctuation can get stopped out of evaluations through trades that were ultimately profitable by session end. Multiple traders report this being the biggest surprise during their first challenge, often after weeks of clean trading.
Static drawdown stays fixed at its starting level and never moves regardless of your profits. It sounds restrictive but it’s actually predictable. You always know exactly how much room you have.
If you hold positions through news events, size up during trend days, or trade the open with MNQ or MES before scaling to larger contracts, the drawdown type will interact with your approach in ways that aren’t obvious until you’re already three weeks into a challenge. Read it carefully before you sign up.
Platform Access Is a Real Filter
Not all futures prop firms offer the same platforms, and it’s not a minor detail. NinjaTrader, Tradovate, and TradingView with Rithmic data feeds are the standard for serious futures traders. Firms that only offer a proprietary platform nobody in the community has used before are a yellow flag. Not necessarily a dealbreaker, but worth pausing on. If the platform has execution issues during high-volatility sessions, you have no comparison point and no community feedback to draw on.
Rithmic data specifically matters for traders using volume profile, footprint charts, or any order flow analysis. If that’s part of your approach, check the data feed before the profit split.
Who This Is Actually For
Prop firms work well for traders who are already consistently profitable on smaller accounts and want access to larger capital without tying up their own money. The evaluation process filters for discipline and risk management, not just profitability, so traders who can hit a target but tend to revenge trade after a losing session often struggle with the funded stage even after passing.
The industry-wide challenge pass rate sits around 10-15%. That number reflects traders who approach evaluations like a lottery ticket, oversizing, rushing the target, abandoning their actual strategy under pressure. Traders who treat the evaluation the same way they’d treat trading their own $50k tend to do significantly better.
If you’re still developing a trading strategy, the monthly challenge fee is an expensive way to learn. A sim account costs less and doesn’t create the psychological pressure that leads to bad decisions. Come back when the strategy is already working.